A painting depicting everyday life in Exeter’s Southernhay district has been auctioned to raise funds for a new cultural tribute after the Cathedral Yard fire.
Property Search Group wanted to bring together the city’s law firms to raise money by commissioning and auctioning the painting, created by Devon artist and illustrator Sara Nunan.
Solicitors and colleagues gathered at the Mercure Exeter Southgate on Thursday (March 30) for the auction, conducted by TV’s Homes under the Hammer auctioneer Scott Gray.
The painting was won by 24-year-old Tom Backhouse, of...
M&S and Willowbrook Primary School, a community school in Beacon’s Heath, are calling on local people to roll up their sleeves and Spark Something Good in a week of volunteering that will positively impact 24 projects at the heart of the community in Exeter and Plymouth.
On Monday 5 September, we are calling on volunteers to help us to refresh the school’s community areas by re-painting the main hall and the school’s community room which regularly host clubs and classes for adults in the evenings as well as children’s clubs and events run by local organisations and charities...
A creative journey from Devon to Australia and back again! Painting the sunny beaches of Perth, Western Australia, or the changeable scenery of Devon?
For Devon Artist Network painter Julie Dunster, there is no contest - and she is celebrating her return home with her first solo art exhibition in this country, at the Boston Tea Party in Honiton from 27 February to 7 May 2016.
The exhibition will feature original oil paintings produced through sketches and photographs on location and completed in her Mid Devon studio. Julie captures the season’s differences, whether...
Featuring city landmarks, national landscapes and the work of the English visionary Cecil Collins, the new exhibition of Exeter’s Fine Art starting at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) on Saturday 24 October will delight art lovers.
Drawn from RAMM’s extensive collection of topographical prints, drawings and watercolours, distinctive city landmarks include Mol’s Coffee House and the Higher Market. The fine art collection also includes outstanding British landscapes and some of the finest are included providing dramatic views of Wales, the Lake District and Yorkshire.
Starting Saturday 9 May, visitors to Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) will be treated to a new exhibition featuring historic scenes of Exeter canal and the Exe.
First constructed in the 1560s, Exeter’s canal system has been extended and upgraded over the centuries. Now used primarily by leisure craft, the city waterways were once vital to the regional economy. The decline of the West Country wool trade and the arrival of the railways in the 19th century led to a reduction in use. However, sizeable cargoes were still brought up to the quayside even...
Floral designer and judge on BBC2’s “The Big Allotment Challenge”, Jonathan Moseley has gathered a selection of garden blooms and purchased flowers to create the eclectic mix of colours and varieties to bring a 17th century Dutch floral painting to life in anticipation of the exciting gardening spectacular Toby Buckland’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle.
"The painters of the Dutch masters could arguably be termed the first arrangers of flowers in the Western style,” says Jonathan, “their intrinsic understanding of form, colour and texture are still inspirational to arrangers...
Police are investigating a theft of an original Caroline Shotton painting from Castle Gallery in Exeter's Cathedral Yard on Saturday 13 December.
This was an original painting valued at £1,250 and was glazed in a white frame, approximately 40cm X 40cm in size, although it may have been removed from the frame or reframed.
If anyone recognises this picture, has bought it recently or seen it advertised for sale in any way, please contact the police on 101 quoting crime reference CR/130108/14, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
If you are looking for a great day out and are into all things creative then make a note on the calendar for 30 January - 1 February when Craft 4 Crafters returns to Westpoint Arena .
The show is the ideal place to buy thousands of crafting supplies, and get some great ideas and inspiration. With leading local and national exhibitors offering products for Card Making, Papercrafts, Stamping, Scrapbooking, Sewing, Cross Stitch, Embroidery, Beading, Painting, Patchwork, Quilting, Knitting, and many others.
Newtown Community Association is gearing up for an Art Café, which will take place this Sunday, 9 June at the main hut in Belmont Park from 2pm-4pm.
As well as a painting activity with Exeter Scrapstore, there will be live music mostly from young string player 'The J Strings' – which is the St James School string group – Exeter Young Strings, and also a young string band will be doing a few tunes.
After that, there will be an open session for anyone to play a few tunes.
Exhibition showcases the varied work from the academicians of SWAc
Once again gloss-Art Exeter has the pleasure of hosting this year's annual exhibition of the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts (SWAc). Discover a display of over forty members, including some new artists who have recently been invited to join the prestigious organisation. Enjoy surreal work by Jonathon X. Coudrille, incredible portraits by Peter Mallison and the almost fauvist landscapes of Laura Hudson just to name a few.
